Strictly’s Nicola Adams and Katya Jones reunite on the dancefloor after being forced off the show

STRICTLY Come Dancing’s Nicola Adams and Katya Jones have reunited on the dancefloor after being forced off the show.

The pair had to leave the BBC dancing show last month after Katya, 31, tested positive for Covid-19.

Last week, they confirmed during an appearance on spin-off show It Takes Two that they would be returning for the grand final with a new routine, and now they have been pictured together in the training room.

Katya and boxer Nicola, 38, wore matching festive red T-shirts for the rehearsal, as they both took to social media to celebrate their reunion.

Katya joked: “Got the memo” about their matching tops, while Nicola beamed as she posed alongside her pro-partner.

The women were the first same-sex pairing in the show’s history and were devastated to have to make a premature exit from the competition after Katya tested positive for Covid-19, despite having no symptoms.

After isolating for two weeks, the pair reunited on It Takes Two last Wednesday, where they teased fans about what they could expect from their new routine in the grand final.

Katya said they were “definitely going to be [doing] something we haven’t done before” and that she and Nicola wanted to “leave with a bang”.

She added they wanted to leave with “that memory of us dancing together and doing what we want to do”.

Katya also revealed how she had begged show bosses to let Nicola carry on without her once she was diagnosed with Covid-19.

She said: “I just kept asking ‘Can Nicola carry on?’ Because obviously that’s all I wanted for her. But, hey, we’re doing our part.”

“Everyone’s being kept safe and these are the rules… of course [we were] gutted and absolutely heartbroken.”